After the NHL’s recent decision to opt out of allowing players to participate in the 2022 Winter Olympics, Bruins winger Brad Marchand has taken multiple opportunities to voice his displeasure.
Though a collective bargaining agreement signed in 2020 specifically agreed to let NHL players go to the 2022 and 2026 Olympics, both the league and the NHLPA decided to forgo participation in the 2022 Games due to a “profound disruption to the NHL’s regular-season schedule caused by recent COVID-related events.”
With more than 50 games postponed at the time of the announcement (a total that has now grown to 70), the league said that sending players to the February Olympics was “no longer feasible.